Little chance for an immigration amnesty bill

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Thomas D. Elias: Little chance for an immigration amnesty bill
Posted: 03/21/2010 07:03:27 AM PDT


Every poll shows there are few things California's burgeoning Latino community wants more from government this year than immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for persons now in this country illegally, also known as amnesty.
But despite happy talk from President Obama and some other leading Democrats, chances of this happening are very slim.
For Democrats who now possess large but shaky majorities in both the U.S. Senate and House are not nearly as united on this cause as they are on health care - and their brand of unity on that cause has produced nothing close to what Obama promised as a candidate in 2008. There is no publicly-run health insurance option on the table. The proposed requirement that all citizens must have health insurance has all but disappeared, and more.
If Democrats who once appeared united on health care reform can't even pass a truncated version of that, there's not much chance they will produce an immigration amnesty no matter what their leaders might say. For there's nothing even approaching unity on immigration reform. That's because politicians of all stripes well know that no matter how many requirements and fines they might impose on illegal immigrants seeking permanent legal status, there will be strong opposition back home.
Why would Democrats bother keeping on talking about various combinations of immigration amnesty and tougher border and employment enforcement when they know it won't pass?

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[Rim05]

Everyone is very upset about the Health Bill, you better already be in for stopping Amnesty. That group in DC that was harassing Roy Beck is an example. Amnesty must be prevented. I know we have worked hard for closing the border but an amnesty is the worst thing I can think of.
No one who comes here illegally and then has the NERVE to demand citizen ship should get it. What will they demand next? Learning English and paying a fine is simply not enough to get citizenship. Please, remember this is not just Mexicans, it is ALL illegals, there are just more from Mexico.

[Twoller]

The date on this article is 03/21/2010 07:03:27 AM PDT. But didn't the health bill pass after that date? Or before? If after, the article doesn't make much sense any more.

[Mikell]

"Obama's top aide, former Illinois Congressman Rahn Emanuel, once called immigration "the third rail of American politics." So the White House knows this is a toxic issue and will understand when Democrats run from it in an election year."

So how can we know who will vote for amnesty after the November election? I say we kick 'em out before they even get a chance to introduce this "third rail" legislation. I'll be e-mailing my Congressman(a Democrat) to be sure he knows how I feel about it.

[Kathy63]

This asinine health care bill infuriated America to the point where the democrat bolsheviks were afraid of the violent backlash. IF those bolsheviks shove along amnesty, they will surely find that they have tapped into a a fury that they will not control.